diminución

diminución [de-me-noo-the-on’]
noun
1Diminution, losing; exhaustion. (f)
2Contraction of the diameter of a column as it ascends. (f)
  • Ir en diminución -> 1. To grow tapering to the top. 2. (Met.) To be losing one’s character or credit.

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